Sentences with phrase «adage about»

So if you feel overwhelmed at the prospect, it might help to remember that adage about how to get a big tree in your yard:

On proofreading: Forget that adage about proofreading by reading the text backwards.

Remember the adage about having an «elevator speech» or an «elevator pitch» when you're networking?

That old adage about having two ears and one mouth so you can listen twice as much as you talk is actually good advice for every part of your working world, from the interview to get the job to the moves into management and executive leadership.

But like the old adage about the best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time... the best way to develop you career skills is one idea, one area at a time.

There is an old adage about writing that goes something like «show, don't tell.»

The reality is that Ben Franklin's adage about the only sure things in life being death and taxes falls short — within a big enough group of people, all kinds of other bad things happen, too.

This illustrates an old adage about the best way to find the best lawyer for your particular matter: solicit suggestions from your regular lawyer, or a friend who is an attorney.

**** There's an old adage about «bad luck» coming in threes.

Reminds me a bit of medicine's old adage about specialists learning more and more about less and less until they know nothing about anything...

When you get someone like Tom Fuller, who descends from sounding a bit open to calling people kikes, and the people he enrages who would benefit from some restraint as well, you have nothing but a donnybrook, and the old adage about not feeding trolls comes into play.

The fact is that in all aspects of our lives, we'd do well to remember the adage about stones and glass houses.

The expression tous les coups sont permis («no holds barred») is as true of Gregor Hildebrandt's Berlin studio as that other old adage about everything in love and war.

«Tied Up at Home» at Blue Mark Studios confirms the well - known adage about «uncanny» being an inadequate translation of Freud's «unheimlich,» which literally means «un-home-like.»

Once the geopolitical conundrums are put in place, players onto the battlefield to disprove the old adage about pen and sword.

Thankfully, the old adage about stealing from the best rings true for Blacklist - the upgrade system forces you to make difficult choices or take on side missions to earn more funds, much like it did in Bioware's games.

Ever heard the old adage about trying to please everyone?

We believe in the old adage about «Life is too short to drink bad wine» — and we apply the same...

We believe in the old adage about «Life is too short to drink bad wine» — and we apply the same approach to our tours.

(Forget the adage about multiplying her age by seven.)

There's an old adage about Wolfhounds being gentle when they're stroked, but fierce when they're provoked.

The old adage about dogs not getting along with cats is anything but true, however some dogs have a strong prey instinct and can not decipher a cat from a rabbit.

That old adage about apartments only suiting small dogs makes no sense.

However, we all know the adage about mixing business and family; for that reason, it's always advised to tread lightly in this area and only do what you and the lender feel completely comfortable with.

I'm sure you have heard the old adage about cutting losses and letting winners run.

It isn't until she's thrown herself head - long into danger that she realizes the old adage about frying pans and fires applies.

I wish there was an adage about judging books by cover (quotes)....

The oldest adage about good writing also applies here: Show, don't tell.

There's an old adage about not putting all of your eggs in one basket.

Well, don't get too excited, because I don't have an answer and am, in fact, reluctant to even be writing here - haven't we all heard the adage about discussing religion and politics in society?

That said, the old adage about leaving well alone does have its merits here — the Terrain has one of the quietest cabins in the segment.

You know the adage about joining them if you can't beat them?

Try at times to disappear and take the pulse of your school environment, and remember the old adage about why we have one mouth and two ears.

Patiently we've awaited word of downloadable content for tower - defence hit Toy Soldiers: Cold War and, as the adage about the busses dictates, Signal have today announced not one but two expansion packs both primed to launch on XBLA tomorrow (Wednesday 25).

The expanded scope of the locale is also promising, although one must remember the old adage about the correlation between bigger and better.

Amy Schumer is a force to be reckoned with, demolishing once and for all that ridiculous adage about women «not being funny...

Clearly the old adage about life imitating art is alive and well in the current political climate with the ridiculousness of a show like Aramando Iannucci's Veep seeming somewhat banal.

That old adage about the quiet ones hold true for Elanor, whose debut capitalizes on I'm Going Away's fleeting ease.

The childhood adage about sticks and stones is a gross lie we tell ourselves or tell others to pretend we don't care, but words can cut deeper than any blade.

Sort of like Mark Sission's adage about exercmuise: the best exercise is the one that you do.

That old adage about «an apple (or more) a day keeps the doctor away» seems to also apply to strokes.

This adage about breakfast has grow to be commonplace that it's readily and unquestionably accepted as reality:

Location, location, and location: the old real - estate adage about what's really important proved applicable to astrophysics as astronomers used the sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array to pinpoint the distance to a pulsar.

The old real - estate adage about what's really important proved applicable to astrophysics as astronomers used the sharp radio «vision» of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to pinpoint the distance to a pulsar.

The old adage about inventiveness, of course, is that it stems from necessity.

It's like the old adage about crying wolf.

Like the old adage about real estate and location, it's money, money, money.

Depending on your tastes, that verdict might either bring to mind Marx's adage about history being repeated first as tragedy then farce, or the immortal words of Jay Gatsby: «Can't repeat the past?

Two endorsements made yesterday in state Senate races proved - yet again - that old adage about the game of politics and the strange bedfellows its players choose as they seek to achieve, maintain or consolidate power.

As for Vince Cable's enthusiasm for bashing his Tory colleagues, Clarke knows the old adage about today's headlines and tomorrow's chip paper.